Researchers secretly recorded the time it took 35 men and women to walk along a 60ft stretch of pavement.

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At 2200 BST on Tuesday, Briton Mike Golding was leading the 60ft monohull fleet ahead of Kiwi Mike Sanderson.

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The 60ft multihull fleet had been storm-bound for three days but set off in 20 knot breezes and flat seas.

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The 2001 Vendee Globe winner, onboard the 60ft trimaran Geant, sailed the 2, 800 miles at an average of 13.61 knots.

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Sarah Henshaw, who owns a 60ft (18m) boat, decided to travel around England with her bookshop, mooring in places such as Oxford and London.

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It can support a screen up to 20m (over 60ft) wide.

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Later this year the city will decide whether to reduce the maximum height of downtown buildings from 60ft to 40ft (18 metres to 12 metres).

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The 360-tonne unit is more than 18m (60ft) long, 5m (16ft) wide and almost 6m (20ft) high and is scheduled to begin generating power in March.

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The children's father was found dead at the foot of a 60ft (18m) cliff at the quarry with a fractured skull and other injuries consistent with a fall from height.

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Mr Fuller, who had a degree in molecular biology, was found dead at the foot of a 60ft (18m) cliff with a fractured skull and other injuries consistent with a fall from height.

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